The mobile unit, located on Rambla de los Menceyes, next to the Rosendo Alonso Tapia pavilion, will be active until Saturday, October 17. Today's hours are from 16:00 to 20:30, tomorrow and Friday from 9:00 to 13:45 and 16:00 to 20:45, and Saturday from 10:00 to 14:15.
The SCS reminds the public that donating blood regularly, at least twice a year, helps maintain adequate reserves of blood products and ensures blood is available when hospitals and patients need it.
In addition to this mobile campaign, there are fixed donation points in Tenerife. In Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the unit on Méndez Núñez street operates Monday to Friday, from 8:15 to 20:30 (except holidays). The fixed point at the San Isidro Health Center in Granadilla de Abona is open Monday to Friday, from 8:15 to 19:30, and has reserved parking for donors (phone: 677 980 518).
Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria accepts walk-in donors Monday to Friday, from 8:00 to 20:00, and Saturdays from 9:00 to 13:00 (except holidays). The contact number is 922 602 060.
Other donation options include Hospiten Bellevue in Puerto de la Cruz (by appointment at 922 385 235, option 1, Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 14:30) and the San Juan de Dios Hospital on the road from Santa Cruz to La Laguna (Monday to Friday, 10:30 to 12:30).
Basic requirements for blood donation include being between eighteen and 65 years old (up to sixty for a first-time donation), weighing over fifty kilograms, being in good general health, and not being pregnant. For any doubts, you can call the toll-free donor helpline at 900 234 061 or consult efectodonacion.com.
